Adventure Location: Campground 277 North, Lake Amistad,
Texas
More of a day of events than adventures is the OFM’s
description. The Truck has an 0800
appointment at the local GMC dealer to have $ome repairs made. The service writer estimated a bill in the
range of $500. If that does the trick, the Teams will be contented.
The main inverter wiring is back in service. It was left
not active when the new batts were installed. The batts are doing rather well
so the inverter circuit was also modified and re-installed.
Now the Castle can use the whole 400 watts of 120 volt
MSW power. The laptop charger is giving it a work out frequently. An extension
cord hangs down from the overhead cabinet housing the inverter for out 120 volt
power needs. Like the small fan cooling the OFM right now.
Late this afternoon BillyBob took his vehicle down to the
unflooded bridge to fish. The OFM rode SightSeer down a bit later to do some
fishing.
We were very successful at doing a good bit of
fishing. We both wished that we had done
somewhat better at catching. Between us
we had a total of zero bites.
Before the Teams left the bridge area we got this next
picture of the hills to our southeast.
This is a designated hunting area for the National Park. When the lake is near the “normal” level, the
hunt area is boat access only. At this
time you can just walk across the lake bottom to the hunt area.
As dusk slowly crept upon us, BB and the OFM had a major
visit sitting out in the very nice dry evening air. We both agree that this is
a very pleasant place to be dry camping.
When the Truck gets its repairs done the Teams will be
better able to get out trying to have tooooo much fun. TheOFM.
At least it is not going to cost you an arm and a leg and it is nothing major.
ReplyDeleteMay you all have better luck tomorrow in the fishing department :)
I know you should not take advice from me, but... I always use a DC lighter socket type charger for my laptop on the road. Saves a lot of power needed to run the inverter. The one for my Dell Inspiron cost me $ 18.00 and works great. It has a 6 foot cord.
ReplyDeleteYou should also be able to find a Fantastic DC fan that moves a boatload of air and uses very little power.
Are you going to walk over to that hill?
The Castle came with a Fantastic Fan as standard equipment.
DeleteThat hill is a planned hike when it cools off a bit.
I think Tom was referring to a 12 volt box fan that would replace your 120 volt desk top. The Fantastic Fan you have is in the vent I assume.
ReplyDeleteHi Barney, Amistad is our next destination after we leave BIBE. I see you are now in a different campground. Can you recommend which one might be suitable for us (30' motorhome) and our friend's 26'? We will also need the dump and water. Thanks, maybe we'll see you in a couple days.
ReplyDeleteI sent you an email with the needed data.
DeleteAhhh, Mandarin Oranges and Asparagus. two of my favorite foods. When do we eat?
ReplyDeleteWhen you get it ready!
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